The Toronto District School Board will be looking for inefficiencies within the system in an effort to make up a $58 million shortfall.
This newest round of proposed budget cuts will not come without some consultation.
On Monday, TDSB chair Chris Bolton held a press conference to announce that trustees would be holding ward forums to discuss the proposed cuts over the coming weeks, leading up to a budget approval meeting scheduled for June 13.
The recommendations for the latest cost-saving measures come just weeks after significant cuts were made by the board - including slashing 430 education assistant positions, 200 full-time high school teaching positions and 17 elementary vice-principals.
The new round of recommended cuts include cafeteria closures in some schools, closing school buildings after school Fridays as well as Saturdays and Sundays, summer and winter holidays and a realignment of special education – including reducing support programs.
The cuts would not take effect until next year.
Bolton said that the board has been discussing various models for savings since September.
Jerry Chadwick, head of the TDSB budget committee, said that the proposed measures were made with three key priorities in mind – minimizing the impact on students, minimizing the impact on staffing and ending the deferral of money from building maintenance and renewal.
"We would like to hear from the community how to best be able to make our financial decisions in a way that will minimize the impact on our learners," Bolton said.
"We're looking for creative solutions to be able to help us with the other $58 million that's necessary in order to balance our budget," he added.
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